The greatest things in the world are brought about by other… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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The greatest things in the world are brought about by other things which we count as nothing: little causes we overlook but which at length accumulate

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist, and philosopher.

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